Wager administration system and method of operation thereof

ABSTRACT

a wager administration system comprises a primary wagering facility operable by a player to place an initial wager on a desired primary individual number in a turn of the game of roulette, and a secondary wagering facility instructable by the player to place an additional wager on an individual number adjacent the primary individual number on a layout of a roulette wheel. The secondary wagering facility is also instructable by the player to place additional wagers on each on of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 or 16 individual numbers, selectively, located closest to the primary individual number and circumferentially to one side of thereof on a layout of a roulette wheel. The secondary wagering facility is still further instructable by the player to place additional wagers on each one of a pair of individual numbers adjacent the primary individual number and on both sides thereof on a layout of a roulette wheel, or to place additional wagers on each of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 or 16 pairs of individual numbers, selectively, located closest to the primary individual number and circumferentially on both sides thereof on a layout of a roulette wheel. Each additional wager is the same size as the initial wager.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a wager administration system and, moreparticularly, to a wager administration system that can be employed toadminister wagers to be placed by a player on a turn of a game ofroulette. The invention extends to method of administering wagers to beplaced by a player on a turn of the game of roulette.

BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION

One of the most well known and widely played casino games is that ofroulette, which is played at most land-based and on-line casinos.

At the simplest level, in a conventional game of roulette, a player mayplace a wager associated with any one or more of 37 locations on aplaying surface. The locations on the playing surface are laid out in astandard configuration, which is well known in the art and requires nofurther elaboration. A number in the range 0 to 36 uniquely identifieseach location on the playing surface, and each location has acorresponding colour that is red, black or green. The outcome of thegame is determined by a spin of a ball against a rotating roulette wheelhaving 37 pockets in which the ball may come to rest, each pocket beinguniquely identified by a number in the range 0 to 36, respectively. Thisversion of the game is known in the art as “European” roulette. Thepockets are arranged circumferentially on the roulette wheel in astandard configuration.

A variant of the game of roulette is the so-called “American” rouletteand is one in which the playing surface has 38 locations and theroulette wheel has 38 pockets, each location and pocket being identifieduniquely by a number in the range 0 to 36, as well as the “number” 00.

In the description that follows, the invention will be described withparticular reference to the European version of the roulette game. It isto be clearly understood, however, that the invention is also applicableto the American version of the game.

If the ball comes to rest in a pocket corresponding to a location on theplaying surface on which the player has placed a wager, the player ispaid an amount of 35 times the amount of the wager. The player forfeitsall other wagers of this type on the playing surface to an operator ofthe roulette game.

Additional types of wagers are allowed on the playing surface, such as awager on any two, three, four or six adjacent locations thereon, a wageron any one of locations 1 to 12, 13 to 24, or 25 to 36, a wager on anyone of the numbers in any column arrangement on the playing surface, awager on any even or any odd number, a wager on any red location or anyblack location, or a wager on any one of locations 1 to 18, or 19 to 36.The payout on successful wagers of these types is determined to give anappropriate advantage to the operator of the roulette game.

In the light of the large number and variety of different types ofwagers that are possible in the game of roulette, it is customary for aplayer to place numerous different wagers on a turn of the game ofroulette. After the outcome of the spin of the roulette wheel is known,each one of the different wagers must be individually evaluated andpaid, if successful. This can be tedious, particularly when the game isplayed in a land-based casino.

An even greater problem is the time required by a player to place alarge number of different wagers on the playing surface prior to a spinof the roulette wheel, an activity which can be laborious and can causethe player's interest in the game to wane rapidly. The problem isexacerbated for players who place multiple wagers on the playing surfaceaccording to a system, or in a set pattern, prior to each spin of theroulette wheel, or as a function of the outcome of previous wagers,which can be tedious.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

It is an object of this invention to provide a wager administrationsystem and a method of administering wagers that will, at leastpartially, alleviate the above-mentioned difficulties and disadvantages.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In accordance with this invention there is provided a wageradministration system, comprising:

a primary wagering facility operable to place an initial wager on adesired primary individual number in a turn of the game of roulette; and

a secondary wagering facility instructable to place an additional wageron an individual number adjacent the primary individual number on alayout of a roulette wheel.

Further features of the invention provide for the secondary wageringfacility to be instructable to place additional wagers on each one of 2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 or 16 individual numbers,selectively, located closest to the primary individual number andcircumferentially to one side of thereof on a layout of a roulettewheel, for the secondary wagering facility to be instructable to placeadditional wagers on each one of a pair of individual numbers adjacentthe primary individual number and on both sides thereof on a layout of aroulette wheel, and for the secondary wagering facility to beinstructable to place additional wagers on each of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 or 16 pairs of individual numbers, selectively,located closest to the primary individual number and circumferentiallyon both sides thereof on a layout of a roulette wheel.

Still further features of the invention provide for each additionalwager to be the same size as the initial wager.

As shown in FIGS. 2-4, the invention extends to a method ofadministering wagers, comprising the steps of:

operating a primary wagering facility to place an initial wager on adesired primary individual number in a turn of the game of roulette(block 200); and

instructing a secondary wagering facility to place an additional wageron an individual number adjacent the primary individual number on alayout of a roulette wheel (block 202).

There is further provided for instructing the secondary wageringfacility to place additional wagers on each one of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 or 16 individual numbers, selectively, locatedclosest to the primary individual number and circumferentially on oneside of thereof on a layout of a roulette wheel (block 204), forinstructing the secondary wagering facility to place additional wagerson each one of a pair of individual numbers adjacent the primaryindividual number and on both sides thereof on a layout of a roulettewheel(block 206), and for instructing the secondary wagering facility toplace additional wagers on each of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13,14, 15 or 16 pairs of individual numbers, selectively, located closestto the primary individual number and circumferentially on both sidesthereof on a layout of a roulette wheel(block 208).

There is still further provided for placing each additional wager to bethe same size as the initial wager.

The invention extends still further to a wagering administration system,comprising:

a display means operable to display a playing surface for a game ofroulette 8 (shown in FIG. 1);

a wagering facility operable to construct a wagering template relatingto a number of desired wagers to be placed on a turn of the game ofroulette; and

-   -   a storage means instructable to store a wagering data set        representative of the wagering template.

There is further provided for the storage means to be instructable tostore a plurality of different wagering data sets representative ofdifferent wagering templates, for each desired wager in a wageringtemplate to relate to a type of wager to be placed on the playingsurface, and a corresponding size of the wager, for the wageringfacility to be activatable to submit desired wagers on a subsequent turnof the game of roulette according to any selectable one of the storedwagering data sets, and for the wagering facility to be activatable tosubmit the wagers on the subsequent turn of the game of roulette byadding the desired wagers to any wagers previously placed on the turn ofthe game, alternatively by replacing all wagers previously placed on theturn of the game with the desired wagers.

There is still further provided for the display means to also display alayout of a roulette wheel 9 (shown in FIG. 1), for the wageringfacility to be operable to automatically construct a wagering templatehaving a desired wager on a selectable primary number on the layout ofthe roulette wheel and an additional desired wager on a number adjacentthe primary number on the layout of the roulette wheel, for the wageringfacility to be operable to automatically construct a wagering templatehaving additional desired wagers on each one of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 13, 14, 15 or 16 numbers, selectively, located closest to theprimary number and circumferentially on one side of thereof on thelayout of the roulette wheel, for the wagering facility to be operableto automatically construct a wagering template having additional desiredwagers on each one of a pair of individual numbers adjacent the primarynumber and on both sides thereof on the layout of the roulette wheel,and for the wagering facility to be operable to automatically constructa wagering template having additional desired wagers on each of 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 or 16 pairs of numbers, selectively,located closest to the primary number and circumferentially on bothsides thereof on the layout of the roulette wheel.

There is yet further provided for the display means to also displaytotal amounts wagered for each one of a number of different desiredwager types in the template, and for the different desired wager typesfor which the total wagered amounts are displayed to include any one ormore of odd numbers, even numbers, black numbers, red numbers, numbers 1to 12, numbers 13 to 24, numbers 25 to 36, numbers 1 to 18, numbers 19to 36, the first, second and third columns on the playing surface of thegame of roulette, and the total amount of all wagers in the wageringtemplate.

There is also provided for the wagering facility to be operable to amenda stored wagering data set, and for the wagering facility to be operableto also clear all data in a stored wagering data set.

As shown in FIG. 5, the invention extends yet further to a method ofadministering wagers, comprising the steps of:

displaying a playing surface for a game of roulette ()block 500);

constructing a wagering template relating to a number of desired wagersto be placed on a turn of the game of roulette (block 502); and

storing a wagering data set representative of the wagering template(block 504).

There is further provided for storing a plurality of different wageringdata sets representative of different wagering templates (block 506),for specifying each desired wager in a wagering template as a type ofwager to be placed on the playing surface, and a corresponding size ofthe wager, for submitting the desired wagers on a subsequent turn of thegame of roulette according to any selectable one of the stored wageringdata sets, and for submitting the wagers on the subsequent turn of thegame of roulette by adding the desired wagers to any wagers previouslyplaced on the turn of the game, alternatively by replacing wagerspreviously placed on the turn of the game with the desired wagers (block508).

There is still further provided for also displaying a layout of aroulette wheel, for automatically constructing a wagering templatehaving a desired wager on a selected primary number on the layout of theroulette wheel (block 510) and an additional desired wager on a numberadjacent the primary number on the layout of the roulette wheel, forautomatically constructing a wagering template having additional desiredwagers on each one of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 or 16numbers, selectively, located closest to the primary number andcircumferentially on one side of thereof on the layout of the roulettewheel (block 512), for automatically constructing a wagering templatehaving additional desired wagers on each one of a pair of individualnumbers adjacent the primary number and on both sides thereof on thelayout of the roulette wheel (block 514), and, as shown at FIG. 6, forautomatically constructing a wagering template having additional desiredwagers on each of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 or 16 pairsof numbers, selectively, located closest to the primary number andcircumferentially on both sides thereof on the layout of the roulettewheel (block 516).

There is yet further provided for also displaying total amounts wageredfor each one of a number of different desired wager types in any one ofthe wagering templates, and for the different desired wager types forwhich the total wagered amounts are displayed to include any one or moreof odd numbers, even numbers, black numbers, red numbers, numbers 1 to12, numbers 13 to 24, numbers 25 to 36, numbers 1 to 18, numbers 19 to36, the first, second and third columns on the playing surface of thegame of roulette, and the total amount of all wagers in the wageringtemplate (block 518).

There is also provided for amending a stored wagering data set (block520), and for also clearing all data in a stored wagering data set(block 522).

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

A preferred embodiment of the invention is described below, by way ofexample only, and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a wagering administration systemaccording to the invention;

FIGS. 2, 3, and 4 are flow charts each depicting a set of functions thatcan be carried out in accordance with an exemplary embodiment; and

FIGS. 5 and 6 is a flow chart depicting another set of functions thatcan be carried out in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring to FIG. 1, a wager administration system is indicatedgenerally by reference numeral (1).

The wager administration system (1) includes a gaming server (2) and auser access facility (3) in the form of a computer workstation with anassociated display monitor (3 a) and a pointing device (5 b), such as amouse or, alternatively, a touchpad. The computer workstation (3) islocated remotely from the gaming server (2) and communication betweenthe computer workstation and the gaming server is provided across acommunication network (4) that is, in this embodiment, the Internet.

The computer workstation (3) is a conventional personal computeroperating under a Windows 2000 operating system, which is well known andcommercially available from the Microsoft Corporation of Seattle, Wash.,US. The gaming server (2) also operates under the Windows 2000 operatingsystem. The computer workstation (3) executes a stored program (5), theoperation of which will be outlined in the description that follows. Thestored program (5) in the computer workstation displays to a user of thesystem (1) a conventional playing surface on which a game of roulette isplayed, as well as a layout of a conventional roulette wheel (notshown).

During a turn of the game of roulette, the stored program (5) in thecomputer workstation (3) provides the user with a primary wageringfacility (6) that enables the user to place one or more wagers on theturn of the game. Once the user has placed the initial wagers in thismanner, the computer workstation (3) instructs the gaming server (2) tosimulate a spin of the roulette wheel. The spin of the roulette wheel isimplemented as a software random number generator that is executed inthe gaming server (2), which generates a random number in the range 0 to36. The gaming server (2) then transmits the generated random number tothe computer workstation (3) along the communication network (4). Thestored program in the computer workstation (3) displays the generatedrandom number to the user by means of an animated sequence in which aball is displayed as spinning around the periphery of the roulettewheel, which is counter-rotating, and coming to rest in a pocket on thelayout of the roulette wheel that corresponds to the generated randomnumber. The generated random number is also indicated on the displayedplaying surface in a configuration similar to that used on aconventional roulette table.

The primary wagering facility (6) enables the user to place differenttypes of wagers on a turn of the game, which can be any one or more of:a wager on a particular number on the playing surface, a wager on anyparticular two, three, four or six adjacent numbers on the displayedplaying surface, a wager on any odd number, any even number, any blacknumber, any red number, any number from 1 to 12, from 13 to 24, from 25to 36, any number from 1 to 18, or from 19 to 36, and any number groupedin a first, second and third column, respectively, on the displayedplaying surface of the game of roulette.

Once the user has made all the wagers which he desires to make, gamethen progresses in a conventional manner in which the spin of theroulette wheel is simulated and the generated random number displayed,and the outcome of the various wagers is determined by the storedprogram in the gaming server (2), according to conventional rules of thegame of roulette. Successful wagers are paid at predetermined odds andall unsuccessful wagers are forfeited to an operator of the roulettegame, as described above.

In order to facilitate the placement of wagers by the user, the storedprogram (5) in the computer workstation (3) also has a secondarywagering facility (7) that is instructable by the user to automaticallyplace certain additional wagers on the same turn of the game, subsequentto placement of an the initial wager by the user on a selectedindividual number on the playing surface. The corresponding additionalwagers are automatically placed by means of the secondary wageringfacility (7) with minimal intervention required by the user.

The secondary wagering facility (7) consists of a secondary wageringicon (not shown) that is displayed to the user, and a configurationfacility. Once the user has placed a wager on a desired primaryindividual number on the displayed playing surface on the next turn ofthe game, activation of the secondary wagering icon causes additionalwagers to be placed automatically on the turn of the game, as follows:

-   -   1. the selected primary individual number is taken as a point of        reference on the displayed layout of the roulette wheel;    -   2. additional wagers are placed automatically on two additional        individual numbers (“the neighbouring pair”) adjacent to, and on        either side of, the primary individual number on the layout of        the roulette wheel;    -   3. the size of each additional wager is the same magnitude as        that of the wager on the desired primary individual number;    -   4. the user may configure the functionality of the secondary        wagering icon to cause additional wagers to be placed        automatically on each of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,        14, 15 or 16 neighbouring pairs of individual numbers,        selectively, closest to the primary individual number and on        either side thereof on the layout of the roulette wheel.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the wageradministration system described above enables a user to more easilyplace wagers to cover the numbers in a desired sector of a standardroulette wheel for a turn of the game of roulette than by placing suchwagers individually on those same numbers. The individual numbers appearon the playing surface in numerical sequence, and covering the desiredsector of the roulette wheel with wagers by placing separate wagers onthe corresponding individual numbers on the playing surface is tediousand time consuming. It is anticipated that such a “sector wagerfacility” will increase a rate at which successive turns of the gamewill be played, and help to retain the user's interest in the game overan extended period.

Numerous modifications are possible to this embodiment without departingfrom the scope of the invention. In particular, the operation of thesecondary wagering facility (7) may be such that activation of thesecondary wagering icon enables the user to make additional wagers onthe closest neighbouring numbers as described above, but which arelocated only on one side of the selected primary individual number,either in a clockwise or an anti-clockwise direction, respectively, onthe layout of the roulette wheel.

The secondary wagering facility (7) described above, while enabling auser to easily cover a desired portion of the playing surface withwagers for a turn of the game of roulette, provides little assistance toa user where the desired coverage of the playing surface does notcoincide with the numbers extending over a sector of the roulette wheel,or where wagers other than wagers on individual numbers are to be made.

In order to overcome this difficulty, the stored program (5) in thecomputer workstation (3) also enables the user to construct a wageringtemplate relating to a number of desired wagers to be placed on a turnof the game of roulette. The computer workstation (3) also includes astorage means in the form of a local storage device (not shown) that isinstructable to store a wagering data set representative of the wageringtemplate.

In use, the user is able to construct one or more predefined wageringtemplates, each template defining a layout of a number of desired wagersto be placed on a turn of the game, and the storage device isinstructable to store a wagering data set corresponding to each one ormore of the wagering templates constructed by the user. Each desiredwager in a wagering template defines the type of wager to be placed onthe playing surface of the game of roulette, and a corresponding size ofthe wager. The user is also able to amend an existing wagering templateand its corresponding stored wagering data set, or to clear all wagersin an existing wagering template in order to recreate the wageringtemplate from scratch.

The wager administration system (1) can be activated by the user tosubmit the wagers defined in any desired one of the predefined wageringtemplates on a subsequent turn of the game of roulette. At thediscretion of the user, the wagers in such a wagering template can addedto any existing wagers previously placed on the turn of the game or,alternatively, by replacing all wagers previously placed on the turn ofthe game with the desired wagers as defined in the wagering template.

In constructing such a wagering template, the user may also utilise the“closest neighbours” wagering facility described above to provide asimple and rapid coverage of a desired portion of the playing surfacewith single-number wagers. For convenience, the description of the“closest neighbours” wagering facility will not be repeated here. Duringthe construction of a wagering template, the stored program (5) on thecomputer workstation (3) also displays, as part of the template,statistics showing a running total of an amount wagered for each one ofthe different possible wager types on the template. This will provide anoverview of the coverage of the playing surface and allow the user toassess where his wagers lie and to analyse the coverage.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the ability toconstruct and to store predefined wagering templates will beadvantageous to all players, particularly players who place wagers onthe game of roulette according to a system. It overcomes the tedium andfrustration associated with placing a large number of identical orclosely identical wagers on repeated turns of the game. It isanticipated that this facility will provide a fast-paced and excitinggame of roulette and will assist in retaining the user's interest in thegame over an extended period of time.

The technical problem solved by this invention is that of speeding upthe progress of consecutive turns of a game of roulette. This effect isobtained by automating the placement of wagers on any turn of the game.The automation is achieved through the use of either one or both ofpre-configurable wagering templates and the placement of one or moresector wagers on the roulette wheel.

Numerous modifications are possible to this embodiment without departingfrom the scope of the invention. In particular, the stored program (5)that provides the primary (6) and secondary (7) wagering facilities maybe executed in the gaming server (2) instead of in the computerworkstation (3). Further, the wager administration system (1) can beapplied to a game of roulette in self-contained apparata that do notoperate in an online environment, such as electronic gaming devices ofthe type commonly found in land-based casinos, or handheld gamingdevices.

Further, the storage device that is instructable to store the wageringdata set representative of the wagering template may be located on thegaming server (2) instead of in the computer workstation (3).

The invention therefore provides a novel wagering system and a method ofoperation thereof that enables a user to place wagers on a fast-pacedgame of roulette in an on-line environment.

1. Apparatus comprising: a gaming server programmed to regulate a gameof roulette; a player access facility remote from the gaming server, theplayer access facility being programmed to display a simulation of aroulette wheel in the game of roulette and to provide an interface thatincludes a primary element and a secondary element, wherein the primaryelement enables a player of the game of roulette to place an initialwager on a primary number in a turn of the game and the secondaryelement enables the player to automatically place at least oneadditional wager on at least one additional number in the turn of thegame, wherein the at least one additional number is based on a locationof the primary number on a layout of the roulette wheel; and acommunication network providing communication between the gaming serverand the player access facility.
 2. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 inwhich the secondary element enables the player to place additionalwagers on each one of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or16 numbers, selectively, located closest to the primary number andcircumferentially to one side thereof on the layout of the roulettewheel.
 3. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 in which the secondary elementenables the player to place additional wagers on each one of a pair ofnumbers adjacent the primary number and on both sides thereof on thelayout of the roulette wheel.
 4. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 inwhich the secondary element enables the player to place additionalwagers on each of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or 16pairs of numbers, selectively, located closest to the primary number andcircumferentially on both sides thereof on the layout of the roulettewheel.
 5. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 in which each additional wageris the same size as the initial wager.
 6. Apparatus comprising: a gamingserver programmed to regulate a game of roulette; a player accessfacility remote from the gaming server, the player access facility beingprogrammed to display a simulation of a roulette wheel in the game ofroulette and to enable a player to construct at least one player-definedwagering template relating to a number of desired wagers to be placed ona turn of the game of roulette and store a wagering data setrepresentative of the at least one wagering template; and acommunication network providing communication between the gaming serverand the player access facility.
 7. Apparatus as claimed in claim 6 inwhich the player access facility enables the player to store a pluralityof different wagering data sets representative of differentplayer-defined wagering templates, respectively.
 8. Apparatus as claimedin claim 6 in which each desired wager in the at least oneplayer-defined wagering template relates to a type of wager to be placedon the turn of the game of roulette, and a corresponding size of thewager.
 9. Apparatus as claimed in claim 8 in which the player accessfacility enables the player to submit desired wagers on a subsequentturn of the game of roulette according to any selectable one of thestored wagering data sets by adding the desired wagers in that wageringdata set to any wagers previously placed on the same turn of the game,alternatively by replacing all wagers previously placed on the same turnof the game with the desired wagers in that wagering data set. 10.Apparatus as claimed in claim 6 in which the player access facilityenables the player to automatically construct a wagering template havinga desired wager on a selectable primary number on a layout of theroulette wheel and an additional desired wager on a number adjacent theprimary number on the layout of the roulette wheel.
 11. Apparatus asclaimed in claim 10 in which the player access facility enables theplayer to automatically construct a wagering template having additionaldesired wagers on each one of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14, 15 or 16 numbers, selectively, located closest to the primary numberand circumferentially on one side thereof on the layout of the roulettewheel.
 12. Apparatus as claimed in claim 10 in which the player accessfacility enables the player to automatically construct a wageringtemplate having additional desired wagers on each one of a pair ofindividual numbers adjacent the primary number and on both sides thereofon the layout of the roulette wheel.
 13. Apparatus as claimed in claim12 in which the player access facility enables the player toautomatically construct a wagering template having additional desiredwagers on each of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or 16pairs of numbers, selectively, located closest to the primary number andcircumferentially on both sides thereof on the layout of the roulettewheel.
 14. Apparatus as claimed in claim 8 in which the player accessfacility displays to the player a total amount wagered for each one of anumber of different desired wager types in any one of the wageringtemplates, the desired wager types including any one or more of oddnumbers, even numbers, black numbers, red numbers, numbers 1 to 12,numbers 13 to 24, numbers 25 to 36, numbers 1 to 18, numbers 19 to 36,the first, second and third columns on a playing surface of the game ofroulette, and the total amount of all wagers in the wagering template.15. Apparatus as claimed in claim 6 in which the player access facilityenables the player to amend any stored wagering data set, and to clearall data in any stored wagering data set.
 16. Apparatus as claimed inclaim 1 in which the at least one additional number is adjacent theprimary number on the layout of the roulette wheel.
 17. A method ofoperating a gaming server and a player access facility, the playeraccess facility being remote from the gaming server and communicablewith the gaming server via a communication network, the gaming serverbeing programmed to regulate a game of roulette, the player accessfacility being programmed to display a simulation of a roulette wheel inthe game of roulette, the method comprising: receiving an initialinstruction from a player of the game to place an initial wager on aprimary number in a turn of the game; receiving an additionalinstruction from the player; and in response to the additionalinstruction, automatically placing at least one additional wager on atleast one additional number in the turn of the game, wherein the atleast one additional number is based on a location of the primary numberon a layout of the roulette wheel.
 18. The method of claim 17, whereinthe at least one additional number is adjacent the primary number on thelayout of the roulette wheel.
 19. The method of claim 17, wherein the atleast one additional number includes a pair of numbers adjacent theprimary number and on both sides thereof on the layout of the roulettewheel.
 20. The method of claim 17, wherein the at least one additionalnumber includes one of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or16 numbers located closest to the primary number and circumferentiallyon one side thereof on the layout of the roulette wheel.
 21. The methodof claim 17, wherein the at least one additional number includes a pairof 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or 16 numbers locatedclosest to the primary individual number and circumferentially on bothsides thereof on the layout of the roulette wheel.
 22. The method ofclaim 17, wherein each additional wager is the same size as the initialwager.
 23. A method of operating a gaming server and a player accessfacility, the player access facility being remote from the gaming serverand communicable with the gaming server via a communication network, thegaming server being programmed to regulate a game of roulette, theplayer access facility being programmed to display a simulation of aroulette wheel in the game of roulette, the method comprising: theplayer constructing at least one player-defined wagering templaterelating to a number of desired wagers to be placed on a turn of thegame of roulette; and the player access facility storing a wagering dataset representative of the at least one player-defined wagering template.24. The method of claim 23, further comprising: the player accessfacility storing a plurality of different wagering data setsrepresentative of different player-defined wagering templates.
 25. Themethod of claim 23, wherein each desired wager in the at least oneplayer-defined wagering template relates to a type of wager to be placedon the turn of the game of roulette, and a corresponding size of thewager.
 26. The method of claim 25, further comprising: submitting thedesired wagers on a subsequent turn of the game of roulette according toany selectable one of the stored wagering data sets by adding thedesired wagers in that wagering data set to any wagers previously placedon the same turn of the game, alternatively by replacing all wagerspreviously placed on the same turn of the game with the desired wagersin that wagering data set.
 27. The method of claim 23, furthercomprising: automatically constructing a wagering template having adesired wager on a selected primary number on a layout of the roulettewheel and at least one additional desired wager on at least one numberadjacent the primary number on the layout of the roulette wheel.
 28. Themethod of claim 27, wherein the at least one additional desired wagercomprises additional wagers on each one of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or 16 numbers, selectively, located closest to theprimary number and circumferentially on one side thereof on the layoutof the roulette wheel.
 29. The method of claim 27, wherein the at leastone additional desired wager comprises additional wagers on each one ofa pair of individual numbers adjacent the primary number and on bothsides thereof on the layout of the roulette wheel.
 30. The method ofclaim 27, wherein the at least one additional desired wager comprisesadditional wagers on each of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,15 or 16 pairs of numbers, selectively, located closest to the primarynumber and circumferentially on both sides thereof on the layout of theroulette wheel.
 31. The method of claim 23, further comprising:displaying total amounts wagered for each one of a number of differentdesired wager types in any one of the wagering templates, the desiredwager types including any one or more of odd numbers, even numbers,black numbers, red numbers, numbers 1 to 12, numbers 13 to 24, numbers25 to 36, numbers 1 to 18, numbers 19 to 36, the first, second and thirdcolumns on a playing surface of the game of roulette, and the totalamount of all wagers in the wagering template.
 32. The method of claim23, further comprising: amending any stored wagering data set.
 33. Themethod of claim 23, further comprising: clearing all data in any storedwagering data set.